On: DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome

[dyauspitr]

Why? What a stupid move. It’s like actively working to drive our largest corporations into the ground so China can replace it with some bullshit.

[bsaul → dyauspitr]

I think on the contrary, that the number of brilliant people being paid for doing nothing at google is what slows US down compared to china.

Only monopoles like google can afford to burn so much cash. And that's a clear loss for the economy.

[phyzix5761 → bsaul]

If they're "burning" money how is that a loss for the economy? They're spending the money on something; effectively stimulating the economy.

[Sabinus → phyzix5761]

If the work you're doing isn't valuable then eventually economic reality will hit, the money will run out and the businesses from China that are actually disciplined and productive will take your market share.

[red_dragon → bsaul]

> number of brilliant people being paid for doing nothing at google is what slows US down compared to china

Ever read the Transformer paper? Or AlphaGo? You know that two of this year's nobel laureates are from Google? A few years ago the Turing award was won by a Googler?